Angus Taylor’s Budget Reply leaves conservatives wanting more
From the National Press Club: Australia has had record numbers of business failures on top of declining productivity. That means…
Why Israel is ramping up its war on terror
The war in Gaza has entered a more consequential and unforgiving phase. Early this morning, Palestinian sources reported that Israeli…
Marine Le Pen is in a race against the clock
Marine Le Pen is fighting back, launching an all-out counterattack against a Paris court’s decision to suspend her from politics.…
A conservative action plan
The election is over, and the results are clear: the Liberal Party under-performed – badly. Because of that, Western Australia…
Trump is starting to face tariff blowback
Liberation Day? Pshaw. President Trump may be gloating about imposing sweeping tariffs on America’s allies and adversaries abroad, but he…
We’re still suffering from social long Covid
It’s not unusual, after running a focus group, for a particular comment to stay with you for days. Ordinary people…
Are Western companies heading back to Russia?
Ever since Donald Trump’s now-infamous phone conversation with Vladimir Putin last month, Russia has been buzzing with speculation that Western…
Trump’s tariff plan has been tried before. It failed
Donald Trump thinks ‘tariff’ is the ‘most beautiful word in the dictionary’. Today is ‘Liberation Day’, and the US president…
Trump’s tariffs could damage the dollar
Donald Trump says his tariffs are about liberation. But his aggressive turn toward protectionism may signal the beginning of a…
Conservatives would love Dutton to slash ABC funding
Panic entered the headlines earlier today when word leaked that Opposition Leader Peter Dutton might engage in a bit of…
A bill of natural rights for Australia
With the Australian federal election (declared for May 3, 2025), now in campaign mode, let’s look at a crucial aspect…
A belief in ‘fairness’ is critical to democracy
In a democracy, the perception of fairness is as crucial as actual fairness. If citizens believe the ‘game is rigged’,…
Let them eat woke
If you have ever been desperate and adrift, you understand the Democratic Party’s frustration. One day, James Carville tells his…
What should Netflix do its next drama on?
How do you achieve anything in British politics? It’s simple: turn your cause into a TV drama. First, it was…
The minimum wage is too high
Council tax is going up. Train fares are rising. Broadband will cost more, and so will electricity and water. April…
Why the West doesn’t understand Burma
The earthquake that struck Burma and its neighbouring countries on Friday has caused an immense human tragedy. Centring on Mandalay,…
Streeting and Farage face off on Fools’ Day
Happy April Fools’ Day one and all. As it is now after 12, Mr S has been hopefully scouring the…
The US is right about free speech in Britain
The US government’s threat to scupper any trade deal with the UK unless we commit to widening free speech not…
America’s involvement in Ukraine is finally being revealed
The US-led coalition to help Ukraine was always more than just a production line of arms deliveries to the Kyiv…
Screening Netflix’s Adolescence in schools is a mistake
Keir Starmer has welcomed Netflix’s decision to make Adolescence available to screen for free in secondary schools. The Prime Minister, who watched the…
Trump, le Pen and the legal war on politics
A few days ago, Raphaël Glucksmann, a French Member of the European Parliament and co-president of the left-wing Place Publique…
If only Meghan Markle’s ‘As Ever’ launch was an April Fool
On April Fool’s Day, it is all too appropriate that the latest announcement from the Duchess of Sussex has the…
Ed Davey’s Lib Dems need to grow up
The Liberal Democrats launched their local election campaign yesterday in what has become their fashion: not with a serious speech…
Starmer’s costly failure to get a Trump tariff carve-out
The UK should have been doing everything possible to secure an exemption from Trump’s tariffs. We could have scrapped the…
There’ll be no liberty on Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’
Beware the words ‘liberty’ and ‘liberation.’ There are no end of evils committed in their names. Wednesday, according to Donald…
